White House political adviser Karl Rove was embroiled in a new controversy over potentially missing e-mails on Friday, the latest twist in the firings of eight U.S. prosecutors last year. The White House disclosed the Republican National Committee in early 2006 took away Rove's ability to delete e-mails sent and received through a party e-mail account. White House spokeswoman Dana Perino had no explanation for why the RNC, the governing arm of Bush's political party, would stop Rove from deleting e-mails. Perino said a White House review showed up to 5 million e-mails to and from as many as 1,700 executive branch employees might have been lost when the administration converted from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Outlook in 2002 and 2003. Democrats looking into the Justice Department's firing of eight U.S. attorneys last year, which critics say appeared to be politically motivated, are seeking Rove's testimony and documentary evidence to determine whether he was involved.... http://news.yahoo.com

A group of Argentinian veterans of the Falklands conflict have filed a lawsuit claiming their superiors killed and tortured their own troops during the 10-week war in 1982.The former soldiers claim they saw the shooting dead of one Argentinian conscript, the starving to death of four others, and 15 further troops being staked to the ground as punishment for alleged misdemeanours. The lawsuit, which is based on witness statements from soldiers from the region of Corrientes, was brought before a court in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina's southernmost province which, according to domestic law, includes in its jurisdiction the Falkland Islands. "We have testimony from 23 people about a soldier who was shot to death by a corporal, four other former combatants who starved to death, and at least 15 cases of conscripts who were staked out on the ground," Pablo Vassel, under-secretary of human rights in the north-eastern province of Corrientes, told the IPS news agency....http://www.guardian.co.uk/argentina/story/0,,2056941,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12

A principal and teacher at a suburban Chicago elementary school have quit after a video surfaced showing the two having sex in the principal's office.The attorney for the school board of Sandridge District 172, John Izzo, said Principal Leroy Coleman and science teacher Janet Lofton submitted their resignations on Thursday. Izzo said the principal cited health reasons and the teacher said she was quitting because a family member was ill.Izzo said both the principal and the teacher indicated they didn't know there was a camera in the office -- raising concerns that somebody may have secretly planted it there....http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,265945,00.html

A catering company that only recently took over the franchise at the Iraqi parliament was yesterday at the centre of the investigation into yesterday's bombing, as police detained three food workers for questioning and MPs said there had been prior complaints about the new service.But senior security officials said that they also hadn't ruled out the possibility that the bomber was a bodyguard of a member of the entourage of one of the Sunni MPs who were having lunch at the time of the explosion. Iraqi security forces guarding the building were also under suspicion."We are almost certain this was in part an inside job," said the official, who declined to be named. "There are some figures here with one foot in the political process and one in the insurgency."The developments came as MPs gathered for an extraordinary parliamentary "session of defiance and unity", the day after a bomber managed to slip through the network of security checks ...http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2056946,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12

Russia's chief prosecutor says he has launched new criminal proceedings against the exiled tycoon Boris Berezovsky, who lives in London. Earlier, Mr Berezovsky told a UK newspaper he was plotting "revolution" to overthrow President Vladimir Putin. Moscow said Mr Berezovsky's comments to the Guardian newspaper were grounds for a criminal prosecution. Mr Berezovsky later clarified his words, stating that he backs "bloodless change" and does not support violence. Mr Berezovsky was granted political asylum in Britain in 2003. He told the Guardian that "we need to use force to change this regime" - referring to President Putin's administration in the Kremlin. He also said he was giving financial support to unnamed members of Russia's political elite who wanted to force a change of leadership in Moscow. The Kremlin said the comments undermined Mr Berezovsky's right to refugee status in Britain. Mr Berezovsky has a fortune estimated at £800m ($1.4bn)....http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6551643.stm